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Labor’s central offer was clear. Then the Coalition hit the ground losing
Anthony Albanese has been disciplined and clear with his message. And Donald Trump has only helped the cause.
- Peter Hartcher
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- Putin's Russia
The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble
The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
‘They fired the wrong guy’: Blowtorch turns to Hegseth as Waltz pays for Signalgate
US President Donald Trump has removed national security adviser Mike Waltz from his post and sent him off to be an ambassador to the United Nations, a body the president holds in contempt.
- Michael Koziol
Fight back harder, Harris tells Democrats after Trump hits 100 days
In her first major speech since leaving office, the former vice president said Donald Trump was enacting an agenda decades in the making.
- Michael Koziol
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- Trump's White House
Trump called this Australian billionaire a ‘red-haired weirdo’. Now, they’ve met again
Packaging magnate Anthony Pratt pledged to invest billions in American manufacturing, scoring him an invitation to the White House, where the US president described him as a friend.
- Michael Koziol
How Trump changed America in 100 days - with just a pen
It is the most consequential start of a term of any American presidency, with Donald Trump taking direct aim at law, media, public health and culture.
FBI arrests US judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities
Hannah Dugan’s arrest escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the US president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
- Alanna Durkin Richer, Devi Shastri and Corey Williams
George Clooney claps back at Donald Trump as verbal spat continues
The Hollywood star made comments about press freedom on the US edition of 60 Minutes. They did not go down well.
- Cindy Yin
Trump stands by defiant Hegseth, blames ‘fake news’ for Signalgate 2.0
The US president is under growing pressure to sack his most controversial cabinet pick, but both men have so far portrayed the scandal as an unjustified “hit” by disgruntled former employees.
- Michael Koziol
The Trump billionaires who run the economy and the things they say
Psychologists say that extreme wealth changes people and their views of those who have less.
- Elisabeth Bumiller
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